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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. searchxml vs. SQL.JS vs. SurrealDB

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelEvent StoreNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssql.js.orgsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperEvent Store Limitedinformationpartners gmbhAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2012201520122022
Current release21.2, February 20211.0v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Windowsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesno
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
JavaScript APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsJavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoon the application serverno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesnoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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